Mo Shiyao, a gifted young pharmacist and the leading talent of a modern family of traditional Chinese doctors, was murdered while testing a medicine. She was reborn as a married peasant woman in ancient times.
Mo Shiyao had married into the neighboring household in a bride exchange between the two families, becoming the wife of a sickly man. But on the day of the wedding, the groom suddenly dropped dead. The neighbors all said she was cursed and had killed her husband. Her reputation spread far and wide, and everyone pointed fingers at her.
What happens when a brilliant troublemaker turns into a doomed village girl…
Her elder brother is crippled, her sister-in-law treats her with cold disdain, and her father is frequently ill in middle age.
Her mother-in-law is weak, her younger brother-in-law is up to no good, and her two sisters-in-law, each with her own special charm, openly and secretly gang up on her over half a thatched hut.
The family owns only half an acre of barren hillside and a fishpond. Their three meals a day are potatoes, sweet potatoes, wild grass, and tree roots!
Damn it! Is she supposed to spend her whole life in this miserable state? As if!
She pours her heart into expanding her business empire, with endless fertile fields and a bright future ahead. In her spare time, she pokes beehives and raises children. Just as business is booming…
A shameless, devious man appears out of nowhere, cheating, swindling, robbing, and stealing. Every time, he stoops to a new low.
Damn it! Is she supposed to put up with this humiliation for the rest of her life? No way!
She racks her brains to carve out a peaceful, carefree life where everything goes her way. When she's busy, she opens a pharmacy or brews wine. Life is finally looking good…
But that once-devious, shameless man keeps clinging to her. He takes off his fine robe, grabs a hoe, then tries every trick in the book to extort, kidnap, rob, coax, and seduce her. Every move is infuriating…
“Master, Miss Mo has taken the village chief to the county court.”
“Hmm. That village girl Mo sure has guts.”
“She… says she wants to get him removed from office.”
“Hmm? Widow Mo certainly has spirit.”
“She… even chased the village chief's son all over the mountain. He ended up spending the night up there… and got bitten by a snake.”
“Is that true?” The man in the chair sprang to his feet, a strange light gleaming in his eyes.
“Master, please don't blame Miss Mo… The snake that bit him was yours…”
“Of course not! I asked whether the village chief's son was badly hurt!”
“Ahem. I heard he's at death's door, but you needn't worry too much…”
“Within half a day, every pharmacy within a hundred li must shut its doors. Anyone who drags their feet: shut it down and release the dogs!”